Astrid Tollefsen

Astrid Tollefsen
Born(1897-12-11)11 December 1897
Horten, Norway
Died9 October 1973(1973-10-09) (aged 75)
NationalityNorwegian
OccupationPoet
Awards

Astrid Tollefsen (11 December 1897 – 9 October 1973) was a Norwegian poet. She was born in Horten. She made her literary debut with the poetry collection Portrett i speil (1947). She lived in a long-term relationship with the lyricist Gunvor Hofmo.

Tollefsen was awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 1967 for the poetry collection Hendelser.